Hey all! Trying something a bit new here so I hope you all enjoy it. Usually my “review” videos are my “Omnibus of the Week” vids, but I wanted to give myself an outlet to review titles that I love but that haven’t gotten the Omni treatment yet, and the inaugural video in this line will be focusing on a series I particularly love… Runaways! In the video I talk about why I love the book, a bit of what it’s about, what makes it great, and a little bit of how I’d collect it if it ever did get the Omni treatment.
Thanks for watching!

If you follow this blog/podcast regularly, then you’ll recognize several titles, but there are some the were a surprise including several new printings of Omnibus’ and a whole slew of new reissues of Civil War…no doubt just in time for the movie.

I’ll be discussing this and more on the next podcast.
What are you looking forward to?

My Pick Of The Week is to the right —->
This week I’m going with the new offering from Canton Street Press, The Original Ghost Rider Volume 1. I’ve been very impressed with this start-up publisher and have even talked about their other books Airboy/Valkryie and Canteen Kate. The whole history of Ghost Rider and how he fits into Marvel’s current incarnation is a whole other topic and I suggest your read the Wikipedia page. But in the meantime, pick this one up for some great Golden Age Western stories.

Original solicit:

This volume collects Ghost Rider #1-5 and the Ghost Rider stories from Tim Holt #12-14, originally published by Magazine Enterprises in 1949-1951, with art by Dick Ayers and covers by Dick Ayers and Frank Frazetta. Fully restored and in full color, this 7.25″ x 10.25″ Smyth Sewn hardcover features an introduction by Tony Isabella. All advance orders receive a set of 8 1/2″x11″ prints of the first five Ghost Rider covers by Dick Ayers and Frank Frazetta. The full color prints are printed on cardstock and are suitable for framing.
Price: $49.99
Author: Gardner Fox, Ray Krank, Dick Ayers, Frank Frazetta
Format: Hardcover
Specs: 7 1/2″ x 10 1/4″, Color, 192 pages

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Hey all, I am back with another Omnibus of the Week! This time, however, I’m actually putting focus on an Absolute Edition recently released from DC/Vertigo- Warren Ellis and Darrick Robertson’s Absolute Transmetropolitan Volume 1! It’s an incredibly beautiful volume that I thought deserved some attention, so please check out my video overview of this well made collection!

Normally I would pick something obvious like Legends Of The Dark Knight Norm Breyfogle HC, after all Breyfogle is a master and he’s been ailing as of late. But when I saw the new edition of America Vs. The Justice Society, I just had to go with that. This collected edition of the 1985, four-issue comic book mini-series takes place just prior to the events depicted in Crisis On Infinite Earths, serves as a retrospective, of sorts, of the JSA team and why they decided to disband in 1951. The series was written by Roy and Dann Thomas and featured artwork from Rafael Kayanan, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway among others. If you have been getting the trade paperbacks of the JSA/JLA Team-Ups, then you’ll want to add this to your library.
Original solicit:

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Years after his death, Batman’s diary is made public only to excuse his old teammates, the Justice Society of America, of being Nazi collaborators with Hitler himself. Not wanting to fight their own country, the Justice Society surrender themselves to the law and now stand trial for crimes they did not commit. Who is the mastermind behind framing the World’s Greatest Superheroes? And why would they tarnish their pillars of society? Collects AMERICA VS. THE JUSTICE SOCIETY #1-4, $14.99

I have been loving the reissues of the Superman comics strip from IDW and The Library Of American Comics. This is the third of the Sunday strips and it has Superman moving into the 1950’s. And if you like his one be sure to get the Superman Dailies and the Batman and Wonder Woman collections.
Original solicit:

These never-before-reprinted 1950s Sundays are a special treat for Superman fans and comics historians worldwide. This first book of the Atomic Age Sundays features more than 175 full-color strips, from October 23, 1949 through March 15, 1953. In these tales, the impish Mr. Mxyztplk has returned to drive Superman crazy and the Man of Steel returns to Smallville for “Superboy Week” celebrations and ends up solving a case he never had a chance to as Superboy!
$49.99, HC • FC • 180 pages • 9.25″ x 12″ • ISBN: 978-1-63140-262-3